diff --git a/roles/dns/files/named.conf b/roles/dns/files/named.conf
index 0559816d23..8e118cd0e5 100644
--- a/roles/dns/files/named.conf
+++ b/roles/dns/files/named.conf
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ view "PHX2" {
      match-clients { 10.0.0.0/8; 192.168.0.0/16; 172.16.0.0/12; };
      allow-recursion { localhost; phx2net; rh-slaves; rh; };
      recursion yes;
+     // no rate-limit on internal requests
+     rate-limit {
+          exempt-clients { phx2net; };
+     };
   # make sure we forward only for redhat.com lookups
      zone "redhat.com" {
            type forward;